Animals (Tobacco Research Experiments)

HC Deb 01 December 1983 vol 49 cc568-9W

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department where the research on the use of tobacco performed on living animals is being conducted.

Mr. Mellor

In view of the number of threats to and violent attacks on persons believed to be involved in animal experimentation, the practice is now not to publish the names of the places at which experiments are carried out.

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will define the term tobacco and its substitutes as used in Cmnd. 8986 "Statistics of Experiments on Living Animals".

Mr. Mellor

Tobacco means tobacco as used for smoking. Tobacco substitutes are non-tobacco smoking materials.